1. Chapter 3 Review

2. What group of Europeans explored North America about A.D. 1000?
The Vikings
The Mayans
The Solutreans
The Spanish

3. How was Columbus mistaken about the lands he claimed for Spain?

4. What problems did Magellan’s crew face on their trip around the world?

5. Which Spanish explorer conquered the Aztec Empire in Mexico?

6. Which Spanish explorer conquered the Inca Empire in Peru?

7. Who was the first European explorer to explore land that became part of the U.S.?
Christopher Columbus
Juan Ponce de Leon
Giovanni da Verrazano
Amerigo Vespucci

8. What was Coronado searching for?
The Northwest Passage
The Seven Cities of Gold
The Fountain of Youth
The Indies

9. How did the Spanish Reconquista affect Columbus’s expedition?

10. What were some of the costs and benefits of expeditions for explorers and sponsors?

11. Look at the map on page 137. What is the elevation of the land where de Soto turned toward the Gulf of Mexico?

12. What is the elevation where the Timucua people lived?

13. What is the elevation at the Ozark Plateau?

14. A sum of money given for a specific purpose…
Technology
Expedition
Entrepreneur
Treaty
Grant
Conquistador
Reform
Mutiny

15. A trip taken with the goal of exploring…
Technology
Expedition
Entrepreneur
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Conquistador
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Mutiny

16. An agreement between two or more countries…
Technology
Expedition
Entrepreneur
Treaty
Grant
Conquistador
Reform
Mutiny

17. To rebel against the leader of one’s group…
Technology
Expedition
Entrepreneur
Treaty
Grant
Conquistador
Reform
Mutiny

18. A person who sets up and runs a business…
Technology
Expedition
Entrepreneur
Treaty
Grant
Conquistador
Reform
Mutiny

19. The scientific knowledge or tools to make or do something…
Technology
Expedition
Entrepreneur
Treaty
Grant
Conquistador
Reform
Mutiny

20. A change… Technology Expedition Entrepreneur Treaty Grant Conquistador
Reform
Mutiny

21. A Spanish conqueror in the Americas…
Technology
Expedition
Entrepreneur
Treaty
Grant
Conquistador
Reform
Mutiny

22. Explored and claimed land for Spain in what is now the state of Florida…
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
Henry Hudson
Juan Ponce de Leon
Hernando de Soto

23. Explored the land that connects the Americas and became the first Spanish explorer to reach the Pacific Ocean…
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
Henry Hudson
Juan Ponce de Leon
Hernando de Soto

24. Explored and claimed for Spain much of what is now the southwestern United States…
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
Henry Hudson
Juan Ponce de Leon
Hernando de Soto

25. Explored and claimed for Holland much of what is now the state of New York and surrounding areas…
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
Henry Hudson
Juan Ponce de Leon
Hernando de Soto

26. Explored and claimed for Spain much of the southern half of what is now the United States…
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
Henry Hudson
Juan Ponce de Leon
Hernando de Soto

27. Columbus thought that he landed in the Indies
Columbus thought that he landed in the Indies. What are 2 facts that later proved that his belief was incorrect?

28. Why did Columbus have to wait until after the Reconquista to start his voyage?

29. What were some of the costs and benefits of expeditions for explorers and their sponsors?

30. Why did so many Europeans want to find the Northwest Passage?

31. What did Verrazano, Cartier, and Hudson search for in North America?
The Fountain of Youth
The Indies
The Northwest Passage
The Seven Cities of Gold

32. What happened during Hudson’s last voyage?
He found the Northwest Passage
His crew mutinied and set him adrift at sea
He returned to England with furs and other riches
He set up trade routes with Asia

33. Which European nation sponsored Columbus’s expedition across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492?
England
France
Portugal
Spain

34. Which of the following was the main reason that Columbus sailed west from Europe?
To find a more direct water route to Asia
To set up colonies
To spread the Catholic religion
To discover new continents

35. Which empire did the army of Hernando Cortes conquer in Mexico?
The Aztec
The Inca
The Mayan
The Ancient Puebloan